Scrumpcious Rumpus

The year has only just started and the local burger consumption promise has begun. I didn't plan it that way but, I'm not going to complain. Last Friday evening, as part of a date night, we headed to downtown Milwaukee for some local flavor. The Milwaukee Art Museum for the Impressionist Exhibit, The Rumpus Room and Comedy Cafe'. The museum, as always was excellent. We'll keep our membership for another year. The next stop was Bartalota's new restaurant in the old Egin's Pub. I reviewed their menu on-line and was totally prepared to enjoy the Rumpus Burger. It's a casual scene with a bit of fancy feeling. The menu isn't all fancy foods. Just dishes that make you feel good. Prices are relative to the downtown scene and Bartalota's. So, I'm not all shocked to pay $12 for a burger. (What a country we live in!) Again, ordered as medium-rare with cheddar cheese. The order arrived, served from behind us, we were seated at the bar because it was super busy. The bar actually worked out well. You get to watch the staff in action. There is an opening in the wall that shows through to the grill/kitchen. Back to the burger. I did the usual grab of just burger to get the real flavor without all the cheese and stuff. Yum! A little pink in some places but, where it hit the perfect mix of pink, the flavor was awesome. I had fries instead of a salad, go figure. The fries were excellent and plentiful. On this one, I will ignore the price as part of my rating. I think that you should have a burger like this no matter the price but, I was glad that it was enjoyable at the price.
The scene was cool, neat staff. Burger was tasty, fries plentiful.
4 of 5. (Maybe a bit more if it were $2 less.)

Dasburgereater

Meaty-ocre

Well, just when I thought it would be a long time between blogging about burgers I'm back on! It was a trip to Madison WI to meet up with a relative. The internet is our friend. It knows where to go for food in just about any city. Madison is no exception. Relative proximity made Morty's Blue Plate a perfect choice. Breakfast all day, dinner style setting. It's an old Texaco station converted. I think the menu had something for everyone. My choice is always pretty simple, how about a burger? It was a busy day at the diner. The wait was almost 20 minutes. Luckily, the place has quite a bit of stuff on display to look at. We watched all the activity. Just about every kind of person. Young, old, hip and square. The neighborhood was there. I can imagine what it might be like when there is a show across the street at the Barrymore. (I saw the Fall play there back in 1989) Back to the food. I took my burger with fries, medium rare. Meanwhile, the guy next to me gets his burger... yummy looking. My burger arrives. Just grab a chunk sans-bun & cheese. Pretty good. The meat looks pre-pattied and tasted a bit smoke flavored. Personally, if it's not cooked over flames, it shouldn't taste like smoke. I didn't see the grill. I should have stuck my nose in! So, what the call? Pretty good. I'm not going out of the way to get another one. I probably would order it at one of their other restaurants. The fries were seasoned and tasty.
Let's go 3.5 of 5

Dasburgereater.